Western Digital Elements Desktop 1TB External USB Hard Drive at Play.Com £89.99 Or Less Delivered!

Description


Preformatted and ready to go, WD Elements USB 2.0 external hard drives make it possible to add reliable, high capacity storage instantly to your PC or Macintosh computer.

Plain, simple, reliable add-on storage. This external USB 2.0 drive is preformatted for immediate use. Simply plug it in to a USB port and you've got instant storage your PC or Macintosh.

Key Features
High-speed USB 2.0 - For maximum performance; backward compatible with USB 1.1 ports

Plug and Play Storage - Just plug it in, connect the cable to add high-speed storage for both desktop and notebook computers

Rugged Metal Case - Compact, durable metal case for extra data protection

I don't think this is a USB powered drive - the description on the WD site says:

Package Contents

• External USB 2.0 hard drive
• USB 2.0 certified cable
• AC adapter
• Quick Install Guide

The phrase "AC adapter" gives it away a bit.

Having said which - hot deal! That's a seriously impressive amount of kit at a very small price.

http://www.westerndigital.com/en/pro...eID=498#jump77

I think you're right Thanks I've removed it from the description

Just bought one....
£85 for a 1 TB Drive! great deal....thanks for the post.

the only thing stopping me from buying this is that these are very unreliable and i cant afford to loose hundreds of GB's of data :(

Evidence?

I don't know about reliability but what has stopped me purchasing the WD external hard drives is that they choose not to allow you to share mp3, divx etc over your network.

who do they think they are?

Well, that'll only be network enable models, which this isn't but I understand where you're coming from. Give them an inch...

hi
i agree with above that 1 tb HDD have problems
not just WD across the board
they r more prone to crashing
apparently tech is still developing

Fantastic, i have the same 500gb which I use loads and i've never had a problem

Doesn't Play.com have quidco ?? !!

Yes.

Just a warning about Play, particularly if these do prove to be unreliable:

"Our returns policy is valid for 28 days from receipt of an item."

This is their returns policy, and I naively assumed that it would be extended if they supplied faulty goods.

Be warned - it won't. Exchanged emails with them a while back over faulty goods bought outside this very short period of time, and they refused point blank to do anything about it. Basically, if your very expensive piece of kit fails 5 weeks after you've received it, you're on your own!

A UK retailer wouldn't be able to get away with this because of the Sale of Goods legislation which protects consumers. Jersey doesn't - yet - have one in place.

Buy from Play at your own risk!

...and to think - going back about 6 years - I remember argos selling 128mb sony memory sticks for £70...